![Boney Kapoor On Sridevi's Tragic Death: 'She Used To Have Blackouts Due To Low-Salt Diet' Boney Kapoor On Sridevi's Tragic Death: 'She Used To Have Blackouts Due To Low-Salt Diet'](https://c.ndtvimg.com/2023-10/hgigj5u_boney_625x300_03_October_23.jpg)
Boney Kapoor and Sridevi in a throwback image. (Courtesy: BoneyKapoor)
New Delhi:
Producer Boney Kapoor has lastly opened up about his spouse, celebrity Sridevi’s tragic demise. Sridevi died in her resort room in Dubai because of unintentional drowning, on February 24, 2018. She was 54. Now, in an interview with The New Indian Express, Boney Kapoor talked about that Sridevi used to comply with a strict food plan. The producer additionally spoke concerning the interrogation and the lie-detector check he needed to undergo after Sridevi’s demise. Boney Kapoor mentioned, “It was not a pure demise, it was an unintentional demise. I assumed I’d by no means discuss it as a result of I spoke about it for nearly 24-48 hours collectively, once I was being investigated, and interrogated and that’s how I obtained a clear chit from the Dubai police. In Reality, the officer mentioned that we had to do that, we needed to undergo this as a result of there was loads of strain from the Indian media. They found there was no foul play. I went via all of the interrogation, together with the lie detector. The report which got here clearly said that it was an unintentional demise by drowning.”
Boney Kapoor additionally talked about how Sridevi used to expertise blackouts because of her no-salt food plan. Despite the fact that the physician had suggested Sridevi to keep away from a extreme low-salt food plan because of her low blood strain, the actress, on the time of her demise, was swearing by one of many similar routines.
Boney Kapoor mentioned, “Our household doctor at all times used to inform Sri (Sridevi) everytime you food plan, as a result of at any time when she used to start out a brand new movie, she used to need to look good as a result of the very fact is what you’re in actual life, on–display particularly for cinemascope you’ll look broader. She needed to guarantee that she is chiselled, in fine condition in order that on display she additionally seems to be prefer it.”
He continued, “For the reason that time she was married to me, she has had blackouts on a few events. The physician stored on telling her that you’ve got a low bp situation, do not persist with a extreme food plan the place you keep away from salt. As a result of many of the females consider that salt creates water retention that is why your face is puffy. That is one motive why Sri used to keep away from salt. We used to inform her that even if you’re having some salad, simply sprinkle some salt on it.”
Boney Kapoor additionally recalled his dialog with south celebrity Nagarjuna after Sridevi’s demise. He mentioned, “Later, when she handed away Nagarjuna had come residence to supply his condolences. He advised me that in considered one of his shootings, she was once more on a crash food plan and the way she fell within the toilet and broke her enamel. I knew she had damaged enamel and had these synthetic casps.”
“Since I obtained married to her I knew she has this tendency of happening a strict food plan, I used to push my daughters to inform her that she should have some salt. I used to push her myself. Every time we used to exit for dinner, she used to say, ‘meals with no salt.’ Sadly, she did not take this severely, and he additionally thought perhaps it might’t be this critical till the incident occurred,” Boney Kapoor completed off.
Sridevi and Boney Kapoor obtained married in 1996. They welcomed their first daughter, Janhvi Kapoor in 1997, and Khushi Kapoor in November 2000.